The second original novel, Spock, Messiah! by Cogswell and Charles Spano, was released in September 1976. : 10 When Joe Haldeman ask who was responsible for new Star Trek novels Pohl answered with, "You are!" According to Stephen Goldin, Pohl recruited writers whom he felt were dependable enough "to do Star Trek." : 17 Among the first writers Pohl reached out to was friend Theodore Cogswell who was tasked by Pohl with getting the crew of the Enterprise "off the damned ship!" : 14
STAR TREK MAPS 1980 SERIES
The series included adaptations of " The City on the Edge of Forever" and " Amok Time".įrederik Pohl was given control of the Star Trek line at Bantam in 1972, but he admitted to not having paid much attention to the television series. Mandala Productions, who produced the series for Bantam, said their goal was to publish "accurate and faithful recreations" of the episodes. The photo comic pages were referred to as "action photographs" by the publisher. The images were then overlaid with speech bubbles, with typeset text for dialogue, thoughts and action. Marketed as "Fotonovels", the books used still frames captured from the film version of each episode.
In 1977, Bantam released the first volume in a series of full-color, photo comics adapting twelve popular episodes. Also included was The Business, as Usual, During Altercations, an original novella by Lawrence. Two short stories adapted from I, Mudd, and Mudd's Women were eventually collected as Mudd's Angels in 1978. Lawrence.Īdaptations of episodes involving the popular character Harry Mudd were reserved for inclusion with a planned original novel, possibly a follow up to Spock Must Die!, but Blish never competed it. : 8–9 Star Trek 12 (1977) released after Blish's death, was co-credited to J.A. : 25 Bantam Books editor Frederik Pohl was unaware of the Lawrences' collaboration until sometime prior to publication of the eleventh book. Lawrence (his wife) and her mother, Muriel Lawrence. Mostly likely via rebroadcasts by the BBC, which began the summer of 1969.īlish was credited as the adapter for Star Trek 1 (1967) through 11 (1975), although it was later acknowledged that releases after Star Trek 6 (1972) were written in collaboration with J.A. Adaptations released after 1970 aligned more with the narrative tone and pacing utilized by the television series, indicating Blish had screened the television series. His personal feelings regarding the merit of Star Trek were expressed by the pun "an enterprise so well conceived" in the "Author's Note" of Spock Must Die!. Nor was he involved in the production of the series in any capacity. Prior to his relocation to the United Kingdom in 1969, Blish did not screen the NBC broadcasts. This statement likely included the publication of Spock Must Die! (1970), which earned him a $3,000 advance. : 21, 324 He later stated his financial stability stemmed from the publication of the adaptations. Production Episode novelizations īlish is known to have expressed an extreme dislike for tie-in fiction, however he accepted the commission from Bantam Books at $2,000 per volume, roughly $14,700 in 2017 dollars.
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